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A New History of London
… Pickaxstreet, at the end of Fan-alley, and in St. John's-street: on the west, by bars in Holborn, at the east end of Middle-row; and at the west end of Fleet-street by the gate called Temple-bar: on the south we may … every Wednesday and Friday, for actions entered at Wood-street compter; and on Thursdays and Saturdays for those …
A New History of London
… The whole is divided into eight precincts. Thames street. Thames street, which crosses this ward from east to west, is the … Allhallows the Great, situated on the south side of Thames-street, between Allhallows-lane, and Hay wharf lane. It was …
A New History of London
… from thence to the stone wall on the west side of Noble-street is all in Aldersgate ward. Then from the said wall, … in the center. Under the market house are vaults, and the upper part is occupied as warehouses by fruiterers and … the fire of London; and here the boys dine and sup. At the upper end of this room is a large picture representing king …
A New History of London
… and all Smithfield, to the bars in St. John's-street. The north side of Holborn up to the bars at the east … of the tide, as far as Holborn-bridge, where Turnmill brook fell into this channel. The sides were built of stone … except the east part, which opens into the church, with an upper and lower range of small arches, and black apertures: …
A New History of London
… that produced a rivulet or bourn, which ran down the street westward, and through Lombard-street as far as the church of St. Mary Woolnoth. Here … this stream spreading near the Spring-head, the contiguous street became so swampy, or fenny, especially about the …
A New History of London
… Book 2, Ch. 24 Lime Street Ward CHAP. XXIV. Lime-street-ward. Boundaries. Lime-street, which gives name to this ward, is supposed by Stow to …
A New History of London
… and the Minories. White chapel. Whitechapel is a fine wide street, and is the principal eastern entrance into London … was called the White Chapel. The south side of this street is used for a hay market three times a week; and is no … built the king's victualling-office, which stands on the upper part of Little Tower hill, near the end of King-street. …
A New History of London
… bounded on the east by Dowgate ward; on the north by Bread-street ward and Cordwainers ward; on the west by Baynard's … in the south side of Great Trinity lane, and Old Fish-street, to Lamberthill. From this which is the north boundary line, several lanes run southward to Thames-street, which crosses the ward from east to west; and from …
A New History of London
… Book 2, Ch. 27 Tower Ward CHAP. XXVII. Tower-street ward. Boundaries. Tower-street, which gives name to … under the wings is a colonade of the Tuscan order, and the upper story is ornamented with Ionic columns and pediments. … Dunstan's hill stands the Coal Meters office; where the upper coal meters enter all the ships that arrive in the port …
A New History of London
… by the Thames. The principal streets are, part of Thames street, from Little Elbow-lane in the east, to Towns end lane in the west; a part of Queen-street, Great St. Thomas Apostles, Garlick-hill, Great and … tower belonging to the kings of England, formerly at the upper end of the street which still bears the name. This was …